Human Factors in Healthcare

Course Overview

'Human factors’ is now an essential part of the educational curriculum for healthcare professionals. Human factors principles and techniques are now used by an increasing number of healthcare organisations to improve safety, quality and organisational effectiveness.

This course introduces the role of human factors in healthcare, drawing on both the growing body of literature from, for instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and on the implementation of human factors in other safety-critical industries.

He holds a PhD from Strathclyde University, a BSc in Ergonomics from Loughborough University and a Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS). Before setting up BERGO, he also worked as a Research Fellow for NHS Education for Scotland.

Nick has published work in a variety of application areas in healthcare. He is a Graduate Member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (IEHF), a full member of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (HFES) and a reviewer for the Journal of Applied Ergonomics.